Business 商业 Aviation航空业 Flight to the future飞向未来 Modernising creaking air-traffic systems will be a huge task 实现老化的航空系统现代化是一个艰巨的任务 THESE days a $15,000 car comes with GPS satellite navigation fitted as standard
2013-12-19 16:15 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Materials science 材料科学 Stronger when stricken 越敲越结实 A new material that gets stiffer when it is stressed 一种受外力时硬度提高的新材料 ONE of the valuable properties of bone is that when it endures repea
2013-12-19 16:10 经济学人双语版
Technology Quarterly 高耸的美丽 Towering Beauty 输电新法可能很快推出 A new way of transmitting electricity may soon be coming to a field near you 高塔应属美之物,在古埃及,成对下粗上细的塔门标出庙宇的入口,基督教建筑师也借用哥特教堂前面竖
2013-12-17 18:05 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Mimicry 模仿 The first sparrowhawk of spring 春天第一只雀鹰 To obtain better access to warbler nests, cuckoos mimic raptors 为了更好地抢占莺的巢穴,杜鹃通常会模仿成猛禽的样子 THE resemblance between cuckoos and
2013-12-17 17:49 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Palaeontology 古生物学 Remember the tooth 牙齿的痕迹 A link is made in an ancient ecosystem 古代生态系统中的线索 WHO ate whom in the food chains of the past is rarely clear. 在古代谁以吃谁为生是不清楚的。 Though
2013-12-17 17:38 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Premarital sex 婚前性行为 The waiting game 等待的游戏 Chastity before marriage may have its uses after all 婚前守贞可能的确有作用 WHEN is it the right time to do the deed? 什么时候做爱做的事情合适呢? If priests
2013-12-12 15:00 经济学人双语版
Business商业 The economics of Groupon团购网的经济学 The dismal scoop on Groupon团购网站惨淡的独家新闻 A micro-economist assesses Groupon 微观经济学家评估团购网站Groupon ON OCTOBER 24th Groupon says it will start its roadshow. Groupon声称将
2013-12-12 14:56 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology Healthy living Mind and body 科技 健康生活 身与心 The reason loneliness could be bad for your health 孤独会对你的健康不利的原因 SCIENCE has many uses, but it doesn't often produce handy pick-up lines. 科学有很多用处
2013-12-12 14:52 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Seismology and tsunamis 地震学与海啸 Making waves 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 GEOLOGISTS have long known that some marine earthquakes g
2013-12-5 14:29 经济学人双语版
Business 商业 Legal disclaimers 合法的免责声明 Spare us the e-mail yada-yada 腾回我们的电邮空间 Automatic e-mail footers are not just annoying. They are legally useless 自动附加电子邮件页脚,真让人讨厌,法律上还没啥用呢 IF THIS e-mail is r
2013-12-5 14:22 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology 科技 Bioremediation 生物降解 Bottom feeders 清道夫平菇 A novel way of dealing with an unpleasant problem 解决烦人难题的新颖方法 DESPITE their name, disposable nappies are notoriously difficult to dispose of. 一次性尿
2013-12-5 14:17 经济学人双语版
Science and Technology Avian malaria and climate change Bite the birds 科技 禽虐与气候变化 鸟类受害 Malaria among birds is becoming more prevalent 鸟类中的疟疾感染越来越多 MOSQUITOES, which carry malaria parasites, like the warm and wet co
2013-12-4 17:00 经济学人双语版
Books and Arts; Book Review; Money and the markets 文艺;书评;货币与市场 Insatiable longing 永无止境的欲望 Two new books probe the limits of capitalism 两本新书带领我们探索资本主义的底线 How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life. By Rob
2013-11-27 16:41 经济学人双语版
事实上,中国经济在国家干预最少的领域取得了进步。中国特色的资本主义取得今天的成就,不是因为中国特色,而是因为资本主义。 Bamboo capitalism The rise of entrepreneurial China Chinas success owes more to its entrepreneurs than its bureaucrats.
2013-11-27 16:29 经济学人双语版
Addicted? Really? The internet: Mental-health specialists disagree over whether to classify compulsive online behaviour as addictionand how to treat it 互联网:强迫性上网行为是否是网瘾,该如何治疗?心理健康专家对此说法不一 CRAIG SMALLWOOD,
2013-11-27 16:20 经济学人双语版
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